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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO FISH AND WILDLIFE -- LICENSING (Removes the requirement that hunting and fishing licenses may be issued only by town and city clerks.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO FISH AND WILDLIFE -- LICENSING (Removes the requirement that hunting and fishing licenses may be issued only by town and city clerks.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2018"
+identifier: "SB 2507"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 2507 (2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Cities & Towns", "Fish & Wildlife", "Licenses"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Coyne", "DiPalma", "Felag", "Seveney"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 16
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2018-03-01"
+last_action: "2018-07-10"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b5b7857e-a51e-4ff1-8cf2-ecb35adffdc9"
+source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
+source_hash: "e97da209d0265f7d336920afa72b1f4084a910b235cfe415bbd993e8aef937cf"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ri"]
+---
+
+# Rhode Island SB 2507 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO FISH AND WILDLIFE -- LICENSING (Removes the requirement that hunting and fishing licenses may be issued only by town and city clerks.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **2507** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/SenateText18/S2507.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · upper
+- IN CONCURRENCE — **68–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Coyne — primary (person)
+- DiPalma — primary (person)
+- Felag — primary (person)
+- Seveney — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-03-01** 03/01/2018 Introduced, referred to Senate Environment and Agriculture `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2018-03-30** 03/30/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/04/2018)
+- **2018-04-04** 04/04/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
+- **2018-04-19** 04/19/2018 Scheduled for consideration (04/25/2018)
+- **2018-04-25** 04/25/2018 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-04-26** 04/26/2018 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/02/2018)
+- **2018-05-02** 05/02/2018 Senate read and passed `passage`
+- **2018-05-03** 05/03/2018 Referred to House Environment and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
+- **2018-06-19** 06/19/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/20/2018)
+- **2018-06-20** 06/20/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
+- **2018-06-20** 06/20/2018 Scheduled for consideration (06/20/2018)
+- **2018-06-20** 06/20/2018 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-06-22** 06/22/2018 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/22/2018)
+- **2018-06-22** 06/22/2018 House passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2018-07-02** 07/02/2018 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2018-07-10** 07/10/2018 Effective without Governor's signature `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b5b7857e-a51e-4ff1-8cf2-ecb35adffdc9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+